One Corner Craze -A certain video that went viral on social media showed students of the Islamic Senior High School (ISSEC) twerking to the ‘One Corner’ song. The students were made up of nine girls and four boys and apparently posted the video on their social media pages. See Also: Erotic One Corner Dance Stirs Controversy in … Read more
Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa, a 13-year-old genius, has earned an admission into the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. According to The Chronicle, the girl is a native of Anyimon, Berekum in the Brong-Ahafo Region, and who lives at Prempeh College, Kumasi, where her father is a senior tutor. Also See: Everything You Should Know … Read more
From one district-one factory, one village-one dam, to one constituency-one million dollars, Nana Addo is now promising one student-one chocolate bar per day… President Nana Akufo-Addo appears to have fallen in great love with promises and policies that are based on ‘one this for one that’. Starting with the one district-one factory policy ahead of … Read more
Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wireko-Brobby, has proposed a name change for disability schools in the country in order to prevent the stigma associated with the current names. He wants the current names like school for death and blind to be changed to School for Pupils with Special Needs, a name he … Read more
The 18-year-old Achimota School murder suspect has earned a three-year sentence for shooting a classmate, Lily Dzigbordi Asigbetse to death. The verdict was dished out by an Accra Juvenile Court. This was after a series of rigorous court hearings, fraught with intermittent cross-examinations and adjournments which had gotten the deceased family upset. The suspect had initially … Read more
The much desired Ghana Free Education is finally here, but not without its numerous challenges on various angles. From the initial challenge of finding placements for the teeming junior high school graduates into senior high schools to the present problem of overpopulation, the Ghana Free Education program has got Ghanaians really busy. Reports coming from … Read more
The two demoted headmasters and their colleagues who were interdicted after charging unapproved fees following government roll out of the free Senior High School policy have brought disgrace to themselves and their families. That is the verdict of Ekow Vincent Assafuah, a member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team. “The head teachers have … Read more
Free SHS not truly free? Ghanaians have been wondering, considering the various fees they are being made to pay for their first year senior high school children/wards. According to President Nana Akufo-Addo, the Free SHS Education Policy simply means – “no tuition fees, no admission fees, no boarding fees, no library fees, no laboratory fees, … Read more
Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana is proposing government introduces a ‘coupon system’ where every Ghanaian child that passes his/her Basic Education Certificate Examination would be given as a license to claim for fees they would pay at their choice of Senior High School (SHS). This, IMANI Ghana believes, is the surest way to effectively run … Read more
It appears that Sebastian Osumanu who was adjudged the most successful student ever in the record books of the University of Amsterdam did not see the four walls of the school. See Also: Why Asamoah Gyan Cannot Be Addressed As Dr. After Honorary Degree A confirmation from the institution has stated that Mr. Sebastian never attended the University … Read more
Among the very many Free SHS criticisms, is the one that bemoans exclusion of continuing senior high school students from the government program… The Free Senior High School policy introduced by the new Nana Akufo-Addo government has entertained massive criticisms right from the word go, especially from members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). … Read more
Mzbel hails Nana Addo -To the critics who still doubt the success of President Nana Addo’s Free SHS program; indeed it is real and has been implemented. As a matter of fact, the only son of controversial musician Mzbel, who has been enrolled in Achimota Senior High School; has become a beneficiary of the program … Read more
Mahama’s E-blocks -The seeming discord between the NPP and NDC has not come in the way of policy making and good governance of the leading party -an act quite worthy of emulation. New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) implementation of the Free SHS policy will not exempt The E-Blocks commissioned by former President John Mahama of the National Democratic … Read more
In fulfilment of their earlier promise, government says it has released 50 percent of the total Free SHS budget for September to December schooling. The released amount which is Ghc240 million is half of the Ghc486 million meant to take care of first term of the 2017/2018 academic year. Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei-Asare, … Read more
Kekeli Eni, an 11-year-old pupil of Roman Ridge School in Accra, has donated his over 2-year savings of ¢453.20 to Citi FM’s COPE (Citi Opportunity Project on Education) initiative. Kekeli, who heard about the initiative through his father, donated GH¢453.20 – all coins, which he had saved from pocket money received from his parents and other … Read more
The Ministry of Education has provided telephone numbers through which successful BECE candidates who were unable to find placement into any of the Senior High Schools under the Free SHS program via the internet could contact the ministry for solutions. Parents and students across the country have been frustrated by the inability to find senior … Read more
Free SHS logo -The Free SHS policy is gradually moving from the drawing board to a reality! President Akufo Addo unveiled the logo for the government’s educational flagship program at the Flagstaff House on August 31. This policy promised by the government during the 2016 electioneering entails free public senior high school education for all eligible Ghanaians … Read more
The dilapidated primary school building at Gomoa Techiman in the Central Region, which children precariously study in would be pulled down in the coming days, government has directed. The Member of Parliament for Gomoa West, Kojo Abban announced at the 2017 annual Akwambo Festival of the chiefs and people of Gomoa Techiman last week that … Read more
President Nana Addo and his New Patriotic Party (NPP) have come under intense criticisms following their assurance of the implementation of the Free SHS policy. This policy promised by the government during the 2016 electioneering entails free public senior high school education for all eligible Ghanaians from the 2017/2018 academic year -September 2017. The policy … Read more
Significant improvements have been noted in the 2017 BECE results as against what was obtainable in 2016. The West African Examination Council has released results of the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to a statement from WAEC, the provisional results are now available at the Council’s official website – ghana.waecdirect.org. Interested candidates can access … Read more